3d recon without postprocess indpndt at Community Hospital San Bernardino

1805 Medical Center Dr, San Bernardino, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1235290818

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$178.30

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$456.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$127.77 with Aetna vs $891.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Commercial|Gatekeeper $127.77 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|Non-Gatekeeper $153.50 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $229.84 ↑ +29%
HPN Medicare|Senior $243.10 ↑ +36%
HPN Commercial|All Plans $256.36 ↑ +44%
Magellan Commercial|All Plans $265.20 ↑ +49%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $274.04 ↑ +54%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $309.40 ↑ +74%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $322.66 ↑ +81%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $342.00 ↑ +92%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $353.60 ↑ +98%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $402.22 ↑ +126%
United Commercial|HMO $428.74 ↑ +140%
SBMG Commercial|All Plans $442.00 ↑ +148%
PrimeCare Medicare|All Plans $442.00 ↑ +148%
Redlands Commercial|All Plans $442.00 ↑ +148%
PrimeCare Commercial|All Plans $442.00 ↑ +148%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $891.00 ↑ +400%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $891.00 ↑ +400%

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3d recon without postprocess indpndt at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Bernardine Medical Center San Bernardino $344.99 $226.50 – $891.00
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $167.76 $103.41 – $383.00
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $205.72 $121.36 – $287.12
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $882.45 $98.31 – $372.40
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $427.03 $301.42 – $1,130.00
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $822.45 $290.65 – $1,139.49
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $565.08 $1,128.46 – $1,128.46
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $763.82 $192.53 – $3,330.00

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